BPO employee killed in car fire on expressway

In a freak accident about 200 metres off the Noida-Greater Noida Expressway, a BPO employee in his 20s was burned alive on Wednesday night after his Hyundai Accent car collided with a speeding Canter mini-truck, hit an electric pole and caught fire.

| TNN | Updated: Sep 20, 2013, 01:35 IST

NOIDA: In a freak accident about 200 metres off the Noida-Greater Noida Expressway, a BPO employee in his 20s was burned alive on Wednesday night after his Hyundai Accent car collided with a speeding Canter mini-truck, hit an electric pole and caught fire.
Two others travelling with the BPO employee were injured in the accident. A scrap dealer broke the window glass of the car and managed to rescue two of the trapped victims. He could not save the third passenger as the car had turned into a burning inferno by then.

Police said the accident happened around 11.30pm when the three friends were on their way to their residence in Sector 105 from Sector 93 of Noida after having dinner. "The speeding Canter hit the car near the Sector 82 crossing. The car was dragged some distance before it crashed into an electricity pole and caught fire," said DSP Shivram Yadav.

"A scrap dealer, Raisudeen, who lives nearby, stopped to help. He rescued Harshit and Raj Kumar, who were sitting in the front seats of the car. However, by the time he reached Vineet Krishna, who was sitting in the rear, he had been burned badly. Vineet died on the spot," the officer said.

Raisudeen said, "The doors of the car were locked so I had to use a stone to break the window. By the time, the bonnet of the car was on fire. By the time fire tenders reached, the car was reduced to ashes."

The injured were taken to a nearby private hospital for treatment. "Harshit has received 20-25% burn injuries on his lower limbs, back, hips and face," said the doctor on emergency at JS Hospital. "Raj Kumar received only minor burn injuries, but he was unconscious and is in a state of shock," the doctor added.

Cops have lodged an FIR against the Canter driver for rash and negligent driving. "The driver fled the spot after the accident. We are trying to identify the vehicle through CCTV cameras installed in the area," said the DSP. The fire department said the car caught fire due to collision with the electricity panel box. Vineet's body was sent for an autopsy and handed over to his family on Thursday.

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